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Walks near Milford Haven

9 of our walks start within about 6 miles of Milford Haven — 68 miles of walking between them. The nearest starts in the village itself: Milford Haven to Pembroke.

2 are circulars — park once, walk, end up back at the car. 7 are linear stages of the Coast Path, needing transport at both ends.

2 are graded easy. Grading here is about ascent, not distance — the Coast Path drops into every valley it meets and climbs straight back out.

Sorted by how far the start is from Milford Haven. Every one has parking notes, an honest difficulty grade and a safety section on its own page.

Milford Haven to Pembroke

Up the waterway and across the Cleddau Bridge: Brunel's railway terminus at Neyland, the Royal Dockyard heritage of Pembroke Dock, and a finish beneath the castle where Henry VII was born.

12.5 miles · 5–6 hours · Moderate

Starts in the village

Sandy Haven to Milford Haven

The path changes character completely: an easy half-day along the north shore of the Milford Haven waterway, timed around the tide at Sandy Haven, ending among the marina and museums of the town.

6 miles · 2½–3 hours · Easy

Starts 3 miles from Milford Haven

West Angle Bay to Freshwater West, Pembrokeshire

West Angle Bay to Freshwater West

Round the exposed corner where the Haven meets the Atlantic, from a sheltered bay with a café to the wildest surf beach in Wales.

6 miles · 3–3½ hours · Moderate

Starts 3 miles from Milford Haven

Freshwater West to Stack Rocks (the Castlemartin Range section), Pembrokeshire

Freshwater West to Stack Rocks (the Castlemartin Range section)

The one stage of the Coast Path most walkers never do on the coast: the cliff route crosses a live firing range and the everyday alternative is inland.

7 miles · 3–3½ hours · Moderate

Starts 4 miles from Milford Haven

Dale to Sandy Haven, Pembrokeshire

Dale to Sandy Haven

A gentle stage along the north shore of the Haven with two tidal stepping-stone crossings that will add four miles to your day if you get them wrong.

7 miles · 3½–4 hours · Moderate

Starts 6 miles from Milford Haven

The Dale Peninsula and St Ann's Head, Pembrokeshire

The Dale Peninsula and St Ann's Head

A full-day circuit of the peninsula that guards the mouth of the Milford Haven waterway, past a lighthouse, three forts and the beach where Henry Tudor landed.

8 miles · 4–5 hours · Moderate

Starts 6 miles from Milford Haven

Broad Haven to St Brides Haven via Little Haven, Pembrokeshire

Broad Haven to St Brides Haven via Little Haven

A short stage with the best pub stop on the path a mile in, then quiet cliffs to a cove with a church almost on the beach.

5.5 miles · 3 hours · Moderate

Starts 6 miles from Milford Haven

Pembroke to West Angle Bay

The longest and least-walked stage: quiet shores of the Pembroke River, the industrial edge of the waterway, then the birdlife of Angle Bay and the forts at the harbour mouth.

13.5 miles · 6–7 hours · Moderate

Starts 6 miles from Milford Haven

Pembroke Castle and the Mill Pond, Pembrokeshire

Pembroke Castle and the Mill Pond

A short, level loop round the water beneath one of the great castles of Britain, good for an hour with a pushchair or a dog.

2 miles · 1 hour · Easy

Starts 6 miles from Milford Haven

Distances are to the start of each walk, straight-line from the centre of Milford Haven. Several of these cross grazed clifftop with an unfenced drop — dogs on leads, and if cattle come at you while you’re holding one, let go. In an emergency anywhere near the coast, dial 999 and ask for the Coastguard.

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